Re: Status of Plasma 5.18/5.19?
Hi Jeremy,
there is good news, Norbert's continues to provide KDE packages e.g. for
5.19.2 , see
https://www.preining.info/blog/2020/06/kde-plasma-5-19-2-for-debian/
Be aware I have not used them, all my desktop systems are on stable and as I
try to avoid to have third party repos as much as possible for reasons for
trust and stability.
I am not sure which topic of https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian Marco is
referring to, I am sure he understands that Norbert's packages are built and
meant for Debian sid/bullseye, so none of the criteria for FrankenDebian
applies:
> Repositories that can create a FrankenDebian if used with Debian Stable:
> - Debian testing release (currently bullseye)
> - Debian unstable release (also known as sid)
> - Ubuntu, Mint or other derivative repositories are not compatible with
Debian!
> - Ubuntu PPAs
Norbert is a very experienced DD. I would not be too worried of breaking
Debian with Norbert's packages as long as you follow Norbert's blog
https://www.preining.info/blog/ and remember you are on testing or unstable
anyways, if you use his packages. I am glad that he closes the gap that there
is usually a delay between KDE releases and official Debian packages for them.
I consider his packages as value add, since I am sure there are Debian users
which need a recent KDE release (and if it is just to do a quick test in a VM
for bugs fixed, new features,....)
@Marco:
Do you have any evidence that anybody broke his system, because he used
Norbert's builds?
Thanks
Rainer
Am Sonntag, 28. Juni 2020, 09:03:53 CEST schrieb Marco Valli:
> In data domenica 28 giugno 2020 02:08:48 CEST, Jeremy Potter ha scritto:
> > Norbert Preining (who is
> > controversial for some reason?) had created a third-party repository with
> > Plasma 5.18.
>
> https://www.preining.info/blog/2020/06/waste-of-resources-bye-bye-debian-kde
> -team/
>
> ps don't break Debian!
> https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian
>
> regards
--
Rainer Dorsch
http://bokomoko.de/
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